Welcome to the Davissons Ltd website. We are a family business, Allan, Marnie, and as of 2011, Lief Davisson. We have been in business for over 40 years and have handled many exciting and significant coins in that time. We are a member firm of the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN), the most restrictive numismatic professional association in the world. We specialize in ancient Greek and Roman coins, and coins, tokens and medals of Great Britain, as well as historic US and world coins and medals. We bring to our business an enthusiasm for coins, their history and aesthetics. In over four decades in business, we have come to know many people who share these interests and who have become long term friends and clients.

Feel free to contact us with any questions about the website or our business, or to get assistance with developing your collection. Whether you are beginning or advanced, we look forward to working with you.

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This sale has 100 lots of attractive and affordable coins and tokens, from Greece and Rome to Great Britain and the world.

Of special interest is lot 20, a scarce and attractive Roman Republican aes grave. Recent legislation means this type of coin can no longer be imported in to the US, so this handsome example may be one of the last few we ever have available.

How Bidding Works

Davissons Ltd uses a soft close for its auctions, which means no lot closes until everyone is done bidding. Every time a bid is placed within the final 40 seconds of a lot closing, the timer is reset to 40 seconds. This continues until no bids are placed for 40 seconds, at which point the lot closes. There will never be more than one lot closing at once, as the next lot is not allowed to begin closing until the current lot closes.

To bid: enter your maximum bid into the text box, and click submit. Only round dollar amounts are accepted. You are then required to confirm your bid. Once confirmed, all bids are final. If you have placed a bid in error you must call during office hours and speak to one of us. If you are the current high bidder then it will display “Current High Bidder: YOU” If you are not the high bidder, or if you are not logged in, then the current high bidder will be identified by their 5 digit client ID. You may find your client ID under the Account tab.

Bids are reduced automatically, so feel free to bid your maximum and it will be reduced to one increment over the current high bid. If a user places a bid that is higher than necessary to be the current high bidder on the lot, the displayed bid will reflect one advance over the next lower bid. For example, if a user "A" places a bid of $120 on a lot which opens at $100, "A" will be winning that lot at $100. If another user "B" bids $110, the winning bidder will be "A" at $120, one advance over the supporting bid of $110. If user "B" in this example instead placed a bid at $120, then user "A" will still be winning at $120 because they placed that maximum bid value first.